Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
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| Motto | "Real Education. Above all." |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | In 1926 as Embry-Riddle Flying School. |
| Endowment | $114,000,000 (May 2015) |
| President | Dr. P. Barry Butler |
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Academic staff
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3,351 (2013) |
| Students | 30,687 (2014) |
| Location | Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, USA |
| Colors | Blue and Gold |
| Athletics | NCAA II |
| Nickname | Eagles |
| Mascot | Ernie the Eagle |
| Affiliations | AITU |
| Website | erau.edu |
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| National | |
| Forbes | 530 |
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| U.S. News & World Report | 9 (regional) |
Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University (also known as Embry-Riddle or ERAU) is a non-profit independent institution offering associate, bachelor, master's, and PhD degree programs in Arts & Sciences, Aviation, Business, Engineering, and Security & Intelligence. Called "the Harvard of the sky," it is the world's largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, and has campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida and Prescott, Arizona, and through the Worldwide Campus with more than 125 locations in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The university is a major research center in partnership with the aerospace industry, other universities and government agencies.
On December 17, 1925 Talton Higbee Embry and John Paul Riddle founded the Embry-Riddle Company at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati, Ohio. The following spring, the company opened the Embry-Riddle School of Aviation.
In 1939 Riddle, John G. McKay and wife Isabel re-established the school in Miami, FL. Keeping the name, they partnered with the University of Miami to provide flight training under the Civilian Pilot Training Program, increasing the number of pilots immediately preceding World War II. Following rapid expansion, the school moved to the former Fritz Hotel.
Though it began as a regional school for pilots and aircraft mechanics, the University now enrolls nearly 32,000 undergraduate and graduate students annually across all 50 states and 125 nations. The Worldwide Campus enrolls more than 24,000 students, the Daytona Beach campus more than 5,100, and the Prescott campus more than 1,700.
The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award degrees at both residential campuses as well as through Embry-Riddle Worldwide at the associate, bachelor, master's, and doctoral levels. The university’s programs in Aviation Maintenance, Air Traffic Management, Applied Meteorology, Aeronautical Science, Aerospace & Occupational Safety, Flight Operations, and Airport Management are all accredited by the Aviation Accreditation Board International (AABI). The bachelor and master’s programs in business at worldwide and campus are accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). All engineering programs are accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET)
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